Re: [SECURITY PATCH] git-prompt.sh: don't put unsanitized branch names in $PS1

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Hi,

On Apr 22, 2014 2:53 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Richard Hansen <rhansen@xxxxxxx> writes: 
>
> > Both bash and zsh subject the value of PS1 to parameter expansion, 
> > command substitution, and arithmetic expansion.  Rather than include 
> > the raw, unescaped branch name in PS1 when running in two- or 
> > three-argument mode, construct PS1 to reference a variable that holds 
> > the branch name.  Because the shells do not recursively expand, this 
> > avoids arbitrary code execution by specially-crafted branch names such 
> > as '$(IFS=_;cmd=sudo_rm_-rf_/;$cmd)'. 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Hansen <rhansen@xxxxxxx> 
>
> I'd like to see this patch eyeballed by those who have been involved 
> in the script (shortlog and blame tells me they are SZEDER and 
> Simon, CC'ed), so that we can hopefully merge it by the time -rc1 is 
> tagged.

I think this is a sensible thing to do.  However, for now I can only check the patch on my phone, hence I can't say any more (e.g. acked or reviewed by) than that, unfortunately.

> > + # not needed anymore; keep user's 
> > + # environment clean 
> > + unset __git_ps1_upstream_name 
> > + fi

We already have a lot of stuff in the user's environment beginning with __git, so I don't think the unset is necessary.

Best,
Gábor
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